AltaSea CEO Tim McOsker recalls warm memories of growing up in the South Shores section of San Pedro, especially riding bikes with his friends in the summertime and sneaking into Marineland — a foreshadowing of his role at AltaSea!
Longtime San Pedro resident, Florence Kleinjan reflects on attending mass in the old Mary Star, Sunday family meals, and the values of taking care of family members that are less fortunate.
Stories of LA Harbor Area producer, local filmmaker, Jack Baric tells the story of how his grandfather escaped a fascist Italian POW camp during WWII and how later Jack’s dad gained his freedom from Communist Yugoslavia by escaping to Italy where he was provided political asylum.
Sergio Carillo talks about how the Boys & Girls Clubs of LA Harbor saved his life when he was a kid and how he is paying it back today by volunteering as the president of the club’s board of directors.
US Army National Guard Major General Peter Gravett tells the story of how important education was to his family. His parents grew up in the segregated south and moved to the LA Harbor Area to give their children a better life. Gravett is one of twelve children and he and eleven of of his siblings attended college (one passed away). Gravett grew up in two housing projects in San Pedro and rose from those humble beginnings to getting a post-grad degrees from USC and Harvard — and to the rank of major general in the Army National Guard. He was the first African-American in the 225 year history of the guard to become a division commander. Quite and inspirational gentleman!
John Bagakis tells the story of getting to celebrate two consecutive major soccer championships, first with the unlikely victory by Greece at the 2004 European Cup and then two years later the 2006 World Cup championship won by Italy — a victory that meant so much to him that he gave away free pizzas at Big Nick’s, the restaurant he manages.